Tag Archives: Alan Grayson

Obama demands that Washtenaw County return its armored vehicle to the Defense Department, leaving us vulnerable to invading armies

By Mark | December 8, 2015

Remember how, in the wake of the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, we discussed, among other things, the need to demilitarize our police forces? Well, earlier this year, President Obama took a step in that direction, signing Executive Order 13688, and thereby slowing the flow of surplus military equipment through the Department of Defense’s Excess Property […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1033 program, 1994 crime bill, Department of Defense Excess Property Program, Executive Order 13688, Ferguson, Hank Johnson, Joe Biden, military surplus, Obama, police state, tanks, the militarization of the police, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department | 12 Comments

What I learned from Ferguson: Now’s the time to get the tanks off our streets and the money out of politics

By Mark | August 18, 2014

As the story in Ferguson continues to evolve, one thing has become clear to me… Now is the time to move against the increasingly militarization of America’s local police forces. The public awareness has never been higher, and, for the first time, I feel like momentum is on our side. Before we get into that, […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged #OpFerguson, campaign finance reform, Darren Wilson, dismantling of public education, Ferguson, Fraternal Order of Police, Hydra, Jim Pasco, Michael Brown, military industrial complex, Missouri, racism, RootStrike, starve the beast, the militarization of the police, wealth inequality | 34 Comments

Election Night 2012… results, interpretation, and celebration

By Mark | November 6, 2012

OK, I’ve got my beer and I’m in front of a television… let’s do this, America. 8:13 I just talked with Growing Hope’s Amanda Edmonds. She heard from a friend of hers this morning that there was a handwritten sign telling voters at the Huron County Township Hall that state-issued voter ID was mandatory. Amanda […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Amanda Edmonds, Bridget M. McCormack, Carol Kuhnke, collective bargaining, Congress, Connie Marie Kelley, Debbie Stabenow, Donald Trump, Election Day, election results, electronic voting, Elizabeth Warren, Florida, Gretchen Driskell, Indiana, Jeff Meyers, Jim Fink, Kerry Bentivolio, legitimate rape, Mark Ouimet, Massachusetts, Michele Bachmann, Obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pete Hoekstra, Presidential politics, rape, Richard Mourdock, Romney, Senate, Shelia Johnson, solar powered abortion equipment, Steve Pierce, Syed Taj, Tammy Baldwin, tea party, Thayrone X, Todd Akin, Van Jones, Victoria Jackson, Virginia, voter suppression, WAAM, Wisconsin | 126 Comments

Occupy Update… featuring Hedges, Grayson, Stiglitz, assorted agent provocateurs, and those vampire squid with their relentlessly jamming blood funnels

By Mark | October 9, 2011

The developments around the Occupy movement are occurring so quickly now that it’s hard to keep track. I’d like to be able to share things as they happen, but, given the realities of life, and the fact that this blog is just a one man operation, I don’t think that’s going to happen. With that […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged agent provocateurs, American Spectator, anarchists, anti-capitalist, bailout, Bill Maher, blood funnel, Canada, CBC, Chris Hedges, corporate media, Goldman Sachs, Inside the Business World, James O'Keefe school of journalism, John Ralston Saul, Joseph Stiglitz, Kevin O'Leary, left wing nutbar, manufacturing, Matt Taibbi, Molly Crabapple, Occupy Detroit, Occupy Wall Street, octopi, Octopi Wall Street, P.J. O’Rourke, Patrick Howley, Peter King, socialized losses and privatized gains, speculation, the sad state of journalism, vampire squid, Wall Street, Wall Street bailouts, Wall Street bonuses | 43 Comments

Congressional support for cutting the military budget is beginning to come together

By Mark | October 13, 2010

Continuing our conversation of a few days ago about cutting the military budget, I just heard that Barney Frank and Ron Paul, along with 55 congressional co-signers sent a letter this evening to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform calling for significant defense cuts. Here’s a clip from the letter: …The Department of […]